While I haven't finished Warbreaker, so far about a quarter way in I'm a bit skeptical. I've never been a huge fan of science fiction novels and often find them hard to read. On the other hand I love science fiction movies. I like how it usually has imaginative locations and situations no human will ever see in real life. It also says something to my interest in space, you know looking into the sky an wondering which planet has this science fiction stuff actually happening. I know it likely isn't but its fun to think about at times. The movies seem to do a good job of conveying things you would read in books.
For books, the reason I don't like the too much is because when reading it, it seems to make everything one hundred times cheesier looking than the movies do. But I think thats because the people that make the movies realize how cheesy the imagery created looks and make altercations. Thats also part of the reason why I think Star Wars works so well, George Lucas seems to have done a good job of staying away from the cheese and making things appealing.
Warbreaker so far for me is cheesy. I don't understand why it has to be breathing on something that gives it life or why he has a talking sword or why his name has to be Vasher. Its all cheesy and makes it hard for me to read or care about. Every time I read this book I think of the image below. I mean honestly who thought that image was cool or appealing? Thats what I think of when I read this book. Maybe I'm being harsh but i'm very picky when it comes to imagery created in my head, if its not easily created and appealing then I don't care or want anything to do with it. Or at least hard to pay attention.
